[#19229][fix] Discard a complete think tag in NemotronV3 reasoning finish()

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Description

Fixes #19229.

DeepSeekR1Parser.parse_delta holds back a delta that is exactly a <think> or
</think> tag until the next delta shows what follows it. When the stream ends on that
delta, finish() owns the withheld buffer. DeepSeekR1Parser.finish() discards a buffer
that holds exactly a tag (#17157); NemotronV3ReasoningParser.finish() reimplements the
flush without that rule, so the tag itself is surfaced as output:

from tensorrt_llm.llmapi.reasoning_parser import ReasoningParserFactory

parser = ReasoningParserFactory.create_reasoning_parser("nano-v3", None)
parser.parse_delta("a"); parser.parse_delta("</think>")
parser.finish()
# before: ReasoningParserResult(content='', reasoning_content='</think>')
# after:  ReasoningParserResult(content='', reasoning_content='')

parser = ReasoningParserFactory.create_reasoning_parser("nano-v3", {"force_nonempty_content": True})
parser.parse_delta("a"); parser.parse_delta("</think>")
parser.finish()
# before: ReasoningParserResult(content='a</think>', reasoning_content='')
# after:  ReasoningParserResult(content='a', reasoning_content='')

</think> is one token for this model, so a generation that closes its reasoning and then
stops ends the stream on exactly that delta. The result now matches parse() on the joined
text in all three shapes (plain, force_nonempty_content, and a lone <think> with
thinking disabled).

The change hoists the buffer read to the top of finish() and clears it when it holds
exactly reasoning_start or reasoning_end; the two existing branches then run on that
value unchanged. There is no API change and no change to parse() or parse_delta().

Test Coverage

tests/unittest/llmapi/test_reasoning_parser.py, already registered as cpu_only in
tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml:

• test_nano_v3_reasoning_parser_finish gains three parametrizations: ["a", "</think>"]
  with default kwargs, the same with force_nonempty_content, and ["<think>"] with
  enable_thinking: False. The existing cases cover the tag first and in the middle of the
  stream; these cover it last. All three fail on main and pass here; each pins one of the
  three branches the buffer can reach.

Runtime on this box, measured over 5000 repetitions each: 2.5/3.1/1.6 us, 0.007 ms for
all three. The file's full suite is otherwise unchanged: 207 passed locally versus 204
before, with an identical set of 3 pre-existing failures (test_auto_detect_qwen3_*, which
need the tokenizer stack this machine cannot load).

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• Tests added, verified red on main and green here
• Single concern

@zhaoyangwang-nvidia this is the same finish() discard rule you merged for
DeepSeekR1Parser in #17157, applied to the one subclass that overrides the method. Would
you mind taking a look and triggering the pipeline when you have a moment?

Dev Engineer Review

NemotronV3ReasoningParser.finish() now clears its buffer and discards exact <think> and </think> delimiters. Other buffered text keeps its existing classification. No API or parsing changes are introduced.

QA Engineer Review

Modified tests/unittest/llmapi/test_reasoning_parser.py. test_nano_v3_reasoning_parser_finish covers trailing </think>, forced non-empty content, and thinking-disabled <think> handling. No test-list changes apply. Coverage verdict: sufficient.

Per-File QA Perspective

• tensorrt_llm/llmapi/reasoning_parser.py: Verify that trailing delimiter tags are absent from both output fields across all supported parser states. Verify that non-tag buffer fragments retain their expected classification.
• tests/unittest/llmapi/test_reasoning_parser.py: Covers the affected stream-finalization branches. This unit test does not require an integration test-list entry.

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Walkthrough

The parser now clears terminal buffered text and discards exact <think> and </think> delimiters before classifying output. Tests cover closing delimiters, forced content conversion, and unmatched opening delimiters when thinking is disabled.

Changes

NemotronV3 finish handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Flush and validate terminal delimiters tensorrt_llm/llmapi/reasoning_parser.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/test_reasoning_parser.py	finish clears its buffer unconditionally and discards exact reasoning delimiters. Tests verify closing delimiter handling, force_nonempty_content, and disabled thinking with an unmatched opening delimiter.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: brnguyen2

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to cc105

Forced nonempty-content streaming can duplicate reasoning in the final response and misclassify it as visible content; this should be fixed before merge.

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🟠 Major · Do not re-emit reasoning from NemotronV3ReasoningParser.finish(). · tensorrt_llm/llmapi/reasoning_parser.py:637-652

637-652: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not re-emit reasoning from NemotronV3ReasoningParser.finish(). parse_delta() already returns each reasoning delta and stores it in _accumulated_reasoning. For an unclosed stream, finish() can return that same text as content; both serving callers append the finish result, so the client receives duplicate text with the second copy misclassified as visible content. Return only an un-emitted buffer as reasoning_content, or an empty result when no buffer remains. Continue discarding buffers that equal exactly reasoning_start or reasoning_end, because they are delimiters. Add a regression test that joins streaming results with finish() and checks that previously emitted reasoning is not repeated.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/llmapi/reasoning_parser.py` around lines 637 - 652, The
NemotronV3ReasoningParser.finish() path currently re-emits previously returned
reasoning from _accumulated_reasoning; change it to return only un-emitted
remaining buffer as reasoning_content, or an empty result when none remains.
Preserve exact reasoning_start and reasoning_end delimiter discarding, and add a
regression test joining streaming parse results with finish() to verify emitted
reasoning is not duplicated.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/llmapi/reasoning_parser.py`:
- Around line 637-652: The NemotronV3ReasoningParser.finish() path currently
re-emits previously returned reasoning from _accumulated_reasoning; change it to
return only un-emitted remaining buffer as reasoning_content, or an empty result
when none remains. Preserve exact reasoning_start and reasoning_end delimiter
discarding, and add a regression test joining streaming parse results with
finish() to verify emitted reasoning is not duplicated.

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On CodeRabbit's outside-diff finding ("do not re-emit reasoning from finish()"): that is the pre-existing force_nonempty_content workaround, not something this PR adds. NemotronV3ReasoningParser.__init__ documents it (# Workaround: the model sometimes does not send closing think tags ... accumulating reasoning tokens and returning them as content at the end of streaming), _maybe_swap_content applies the same swap on the non-streaming path (NVBug 6060281), and test_nano_v3_reasoning_parser_finish already pins ["a", "b"] + force_nonempty_content → content="ab". Changing that is a product decision for the model owners, and it is outside this PR's concern.

What this PR changes is only what happens when the withheld buffer is exactly a tag: it is dropped instead of being flushed as text. The force_nonempty_content branch is otherwise untouched — with the tag discarded, ["a", "</think>"] + force_nonempty_content now gives content="a", which is what parse("a</think>") followed by _maybe_swap_content gives for the same text.